Kentucky: Chip Ganassi Racing preview

Thoughts on Kentucky with TCGR Managing Director Mike Hull:
"It's great to be back racing on a high speed oval that is
very technical due to working hard to get it right over the humps and
bumps that the track has -- the driver needs to work with...

Thoughts on Kentucky with TCGR Managing Director Mike Hull:
"It's great to be back racing on a high speed oval that is
very technical due to working hard to get it right over the humps and
bumps that the track has -- the driver needs to work with his team
to find the smoothest route with a race set-up that keeps the car under
him throughout the night as the track grip level changes. Our Target guys
have won at Kentucky due to having the fastest car combined with good
stops while running full rich. It's not a fuel mixture race,
it's a race track that requires you to race in a full out manner to
win, and that's fun. With the aerodynamic parts that finally have
been given back to us by the IRL, it should help to provide better
racing, and more importantly gives the platform for a true two-groove
oval. It's high speed, and in the first person, the demonstrated
speed is impressive."

Dario, Scott, Scott Dario: Last weekend at Edmonton, Dixon (finished
third) took over first place in the IndyCar Series point's race,
with Franchitti (finished fifth) dropping to second. It was the fourth
consecutive weekend the Target drivers swapped the points lead, and the
seventh race of the season that either Dixon or Franchitti have been atop
of the IRL standings.

TCGR at Kentucky: Dixon won for team in 2008 after TCGR had finished
second in 2003, 2006 and 2007. TCGR has seven top-5 finishes and has led
243 laps since their first race at the track in 2002 with Jeff Ward.

Scott Dixon and the No. 9 Target Team

Oh What Finish! - Kentucky Rewind: Dixon started from pole, led 151 of
200 laps and made a last lap pass of Helio Castroneves to win at Kentucky
Speedway in 2008. Dixon's win marked his sixth on the IndyCar
Series season, tying the record for most wins in a year held by former
teammate Wheldon from 2005. The Kiwi extended his lead in the
championship standings from 65 to 78 over Castroneves with three races
remaining on his way to a second IRL title. The dramatic ending to the
race saw Dixon close in on Castroneves over the final two laps, finally
catching and passing the Penske driver who ran out of fuel in the final
turn.

Dixon on Last Year's Race: "What a day. I think we tried to
play it kind of safe and just be conservative. Even in traffic we really
didn't rush things. The car was fantastic. We didn't have as
much speed, actually, as we thought we did, especially in practice and
qualifying. The car was super fast. We had a couple of guys that
definitely sped up, with (Vitor) Meira and Marco (Andretti) toward the
end, their cars were very fast. It was strategy in the end, it was crazy.
There was no way we were going to catch him. He was half the track ahead
of us. I knew our car was probably quicker than his, but not 20 miles per
hour faster. It was nice to get it the way we did. I think about the run
that Dario (Franchitti) had for the championship in 2007, and it's
nice to be able to be in that position after how we lost it last
year."

Last Week: Dixon finished third at Edmonton, his seventh consecutive
top-five finish.

On the verge: Dixon's win in Richmond still has him tied with Sam
Hornish Jr. for the most wins in IndyCar Series history with 19. A repeat
victory this weekend in Kentucky would give him a 20th win and sole
position of the IRL record.

Points: 1st in points with 380, +3 over Franchitti.

Dario Franchitti and the No. 10 Target Team

Target Paint Scheme: Kentucky marks the return of two Target paint
schemes for the No.9 and 10 cars.

Last Time at Kentucky: Dario missed the 2008 race in Sparta while
competing in NASCAR. In 2007, his car left the racing surface after
making contact with another car for the second consecutive race --
within six days. Aug. 5 at Michigan International Speedway, Franchitti
walked away uninjured from a spectacular crash on the backstretch after
touching wheels with the No. 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car driven by
Dan Wheldon on Lap 143 of 200. At Kentucky Speedway, Franchitti ran
up/over the rear of the No. 55 car of Kosuke Matsuura after the checkered
flag. "That one was completely my fault; there's no excuse," said
Franchitti. "I didn't realize it was the checkered. I got the 'Hey, it's
a checkered' just as I was hitting him."